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IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In the 1880's in southern Africa, Allan Quatermain, a hunter and guide, joins forces with a sea captain and an English nobleman to find the latter's missing brother, who disappeared while searching for King Solomon's legendary lost diamond mines.
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In the sun-drenched tapestry of literary adventure, few works resonate with the vibrancy and allure as H. Rider Haggard's magnum opus, "King Solomon's Mines." Crafted with the precision of a master storyteller, this seminal novel beckons readers into a world where the uncharted heart of Africa becomes the crucible for a tale that blends the heady concoction of treasure hunting, perilous quests, and the mysteries of a bygone era.
As the sun ascends...
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King Solomon's Mines volume 2
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English
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Legends of countless riches lie ahead as Quatermain and his crew of explorers encounter thrilling twists and turns deep down in King Solomon's mines.
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King Solomon's Mines volume 1
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English
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Golden Globe nominee Patrick Swayze stars as renowned big-game hunter Allan Quatermain who embarks on an action-packed adventure to find the fabled tomb of King Solomon.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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A trio of adventurers including Allan Quatermain set off through the dark jungles of Africa in search of the legendary treasure trove of the diamond mines of King Solomon and become involved in a bloody civil war within a lost African tribe.
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King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, also possessed extraordinary wealth. He built a temple at Jerusalem that was said to be more fabulous than any other landmark in the ancient world, heavily adorned with gold from Ophir. The precise location of this legendary land has been one of history's great unsolved mysteries. Long before Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines produced a fresh outbreak of gold fever, explorers, scientists...
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A Study Guide for Rider Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, possessed extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold from the porch to the inner sanctum, where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. Long before H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines unleashed gold fever more than a century ago, many had sought to find the source of the great king's wealth. In this new adventure-"a hybrid of Indiana Jones and Herodotus"...
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EDC Pub
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2014, c2012
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English
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"Luke Challenger is dicing with death. Luke's been expelled from school and sent to Africa to keep him out of trouble--but trouble has a habit of following Luke wherever he goes. Now the terrifying Sons of Destiny are there, searching for a spear of invincible power, hidden in the fabled King Solomon's Mines. And if Luke doesn't stop them, world domination will be theirs..."--Back cover.
15) Allan Quatermain
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Allan Quatermain series volume 2
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English
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After the tragic death of his son, Allan Quatermain's grief is inconsolable. Feeling that the only possible way to ease his pain is through an expedition, Quatermain seeks out Captain Good, Sir Henry Curtis, and the Zulu chief Umslopogaas, who all previously journeyed with him to King Solomon's Mine. After explaining his predicament, Quatermain persuades them to accompany him on one last journey-a search mission to find a lost city. Together they...
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Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 2
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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In this hilarious, hair-raising sequel to Patterson's "New York Times"-bestselling "Treasure Hunters, " the Kidd siblings continue to look for their kidnapped mother. Their rescue plan takes them down the Nile River in Africa, where they are drawn into a quest for the lost treasure of King Solomon's mines. Illustrations.
Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy Kidd travel to Africa to track down priceless artifacts that will keep the family's treasure-hunting...
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Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines, he remains one of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. This new anthology brings to light a novelette and four short stories which have never been collected in one volume. Introducing the tales with a detailed resume of the author's life and career, this compendium provides information about...
18) Finished
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Allan Quatermain series volume 8
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English
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The legendary adventurer Allan Quatermain finds himself embroiled in the Anglo-Zulu War in this adventure novel by the author of King Solomon's Mines.
Explorer and big game hunter Allan Quatermain is on a shooting expedition in South Africa when he hears of unrest brewing between the Boers and the English. Sir Theophilus Shepstone is announcing his intention to annex the province of Transvaal for the British Empire-and the Boers are itching for a...
19) Child of Storm
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Allan Quatermain series volume 6
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English
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What begins as a simple mission to win a dowry for a bride spirals into political and social unrest as a famed hunter, Allan Quatermain, witnesses a nation slip into a civil war. Known for his outdoorsman skills, Quatermain's friend, Saduko, approaches him to ask for help winning a dowry for the woman he loves. Hoping to marry a beautiful and mysterious woman named Mameema, Saduko must obtain a sum of one hundred cattle to use as a dowry. Happy to...
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English
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A rumour re-emerges about the fabled King Solomon's mines, a legend about fabulously rich gold mines in Africa, immortalized in novels and movies. James Buchanan, an exploration geologist in Tanzania, who has already solved the mystery of the 'plagues' in America to help US President Caitlin Custer to prevent a national disaster, sets out to investigate.
James soon realizes from his research on gold mines in the Middle East and North Africa that...